News tagged with biological interactions
Game theory study: Cooperative behavior meshes with evolutionary theory
Apr 06, 2009 |
4.5 / 5 (4) |
8
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the perplexing questions raised by evolutionary theory is how cooperative behavior, which benefits other members of a species at a cost to the individual, came to exist.
Scientists form alliance to develop nanotoxicology protocols
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 09, 2008 |
4.6 / 5 (5) |
0
A team of materials scientists and toxicologists announced the formation of a new international research alliance to establish protocols for reproducible toxicological testing of nanomaterials in both cultured cells and animals. ...
Search results for biological interactions
New discovery allows scientists for the first time to experimentally annotate genomes
Nov 09, 2009 |
5 / 5 (6) |
0
Over the last 20 years, the sequencing of the human genome, along with related organisms, has represented one of the largest scientific endeavors in the history of mankind. The information collected from genome ...
Mimicking nature, scientists can now extend redox potentials
Nov 04, 2009 |
4.8 / 5 (5) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- New insight into how nature handles some fundamental processes is guiding researchers in the design of tailor-made proteins for applications such as artificial photosynthetic centers, long-range ...
Study sheds light on evolution of human complexity
Nov 03, 2009 |
3.3 / 5 (6) |
1
(PhysOrg.com) -- A painstaking analysis of thousands of genes and the proteins they encode shows that human beings are biologically complex, at least in part, because of the way humans evolved to cope with redundancies arising ...
Bacteria 'invest' wisely to survive uncertain times, scientists report
Nov 02, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Like savvy Wall Street money managers, bacteria hedge their bets to increase their chances of survival in uncertain times, strategically investing their biological resources to weather unpredictable environments.
Climate variability impacts the deep sea
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 02, 2009 |
4.1 / 5 (7) |
0
Deep-sea ecosystems occupying 60% of the Earth's surface could be vulnerable to the effects of global warming warn scientists writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Research explores the relationship between the mother-child bond and stress
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 30, 2009 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- It’s the age-old psychological conundrum: nature versus nurture. Are children more, less or equally affected by their genetics and the environment in which they grow up? Professor of Psychology ...
Brain responds to human voice in one fifth of a second
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 28, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Psychology researchers have found the sound of the human voice can be recognised by the brain in less than one fifth of a second.
Depressed pregnant women could be at higher risk for severe response to flu infection
Oct 28, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Pregnant women with significant symptoms of depression tend to have a stronger biological reaction to the seasonal flu vaccine than do women with lower depression levels, according to a new study.
Identifying Molecules in Infrared Could Lead to New Medicines
Oct 27, 2009 |
5 / 5 (3) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- An interdisciplinary team of researchers has created a new, ultra-sensitive technique to analyze life-sustaining protein molecules. The technique may profoundly change the methodology of biomolecular ...
Biosensor to help enlist cancer resistance fighters?
Oct 23, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- A powerful new biosensor developed by European researchers will help identify cells in the immune system that actively suppress tumour growth, then put them to use. Enlisting the patient?s ...
List of search results for biological interactions
